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Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Editor: The EVENT Page
Toscrollthroughtheevents,makesurethelocation(BarandBeat,inthefirstcolumn)is
highlighted.UsetheAlphaWheel,theUpandDowncursorbuttons,orthePlus/Minus
buttons.Asyouscrollthroughtheevents,eacheventisexecutedbythesequencer.Inthecaseof
Noteevents,
youwillhearthenoteplayed,althoughthedurationwillbeshort.Ifyouhave
scrolledthroughaSustain(MIDIController64)messagewithanOnvaluethenyouwillhear
thenotesustainasifthesustainpedalwasdepressed.Thenotewillcontinuetosustainuntilyou
scroll
throughaSustainmessagewithavalueofOff.
Youcanalsojumpdirectlytoaspecificbarandbeatbytypingthebarnumberandbeatnumber,
thenpressingEnter.Keepinmindifyouhavecontrollerorprogramdataprevioustothepoint
thatyoujumpto,thoseevents
maynothavebeenexecutedandyoumayhearunexpected
results.Forexample,ifyouhaveprogramchangesatbar1andbar8,andyoujumpfrombar1
tobar9,anynotesyouscrollthroughwillbeplayedwiththeprogramchangefrombar1.
Initial Program, Volume, Pan
Atthetopoftheeventlistforeachtrack,youcanviewandchangetheinitialprogram,volume
andpansettingsforthecurrenttrack.SeeSongMode:TheMAINPage on page 12‐1fordetailson
initialsettingsforprogram,volume,andpan.Eachoftheseparameterscanbeset
toNONEby
entering0onthealphanumericpadandthenpressingtheminusbuttontofindNONE.
Location
ThefirstcolumnrepresentstheBarandBeatLocationsofthedifferenteventsinasong.Scroll
throughtheeventsontheselectedtrack(s)withtheAlphaWheelorenterinaspecificBarand
BeatonthealphanumericbuttonpadtojumptoeventsoccurringonthatBeat.Aquick
wayto
jumptotheEndpointinatrackistopress9999andthenEnteronthealphanumericbuttonpad.
Bar, Beat, and Tick
Bar,Beat,andTickareeditableparametersforeachevent.Theydeterminewhenanevent
happensrelativetotheothereventswithinthesong.
Event Type and Value
TheEventTypeandValueregiondisplaystheMIDIeventtype(andrelatedinformation)ateach
Event‐listlocationinthe song.Differenteventtypesdisplaydifferentkindsofinformation,and
havedifferenteditablevalues.
Theeventtypeistheleft‐mostfield.Youcanhighlightthisfieldandchangethe
eventtype.
MIDInoteeventsaredenotedbya“>”fol lowedbythenotename.The“>”iseffectivelythe
eventtypefornotes,andtochange theeventtype,highlightthe“>.”Tochangethenote,
highlightthenotename.
Table 12‐1liststherangesoftheeditableeventvalues.
Event Type Values
Program Change (PCHG) 0 to 127
Pitch Bend (BEND) -8192 to 8191
Mono Pressure (MPRS) 0 to 127
Poly Pressure (PPRS) 0 to 127 C -1 to G 9
Table 12-1 MIDI-event Value Ranges